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South Korea's acting leader vetoes opposition-sponsored bills, deepening political strife

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South Korea's acting leader vetoes six bills sponsored by main opposition party.

Ruling and opposition parties have been bickering over how much authority Prime Minister Han Duck-soo has assumed.

Four of the bills vetoed by Han were meant to introduce greater state financial assistance programs for agriculture and fisheries industries.

The most contentious bill is the Grain Management Act , which would require the government to buy surplus rice if price drops too sharply.

"When the National Assembly followed the constitutional procedure to lift martial law after two or three hours , we abided by that procedure.” He said Yoon may appear in the Constitutional Court to directly defend his case. When asked whether Yoon would continue to ignore law enforcement’s requests to question him and search his office, Seok declined to give a specific answer, saying these matters would be handled by Yoon ’s legal team, which he said is nearly assembled..